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Nineteen Forever Lyrics
Sometimes I feel so alive
Sometimes I see so clear
Just like the way we always were
So young and free from fear.
I lose my fear of war and dying
And all the clouds just disappear
Only my mirror sees me crying
Each time I lose another year.
Wouldn't be a drag to be like you
Settling down and having kids
and telling them what to do
Well I'm gonna stay . . . (Nineteen forever)
Yes, I am . . . (Nineteen forever)
Well, I'm gonna be . . . (Nineteen forever)
Yes, I will . . . (Nineteen forever)
We can do magic in these times
Be what we want to be
We'll all be rock 'n' roll stars
Immortal on TV
And if you see me looking tired
I've just been sleeping thought the day
But I got something to keep me wired
So we can dance the night away
Wouldn't it be a drag to be like them
They're gonna sell out everything
But I won't get fooled again
Cause I'm gonna be . . . (Nineteen forever)
Yes, I will . . . (Nineteen forever)
No matter what you say . . . (Nineteen forever)
I'm gonna be . . . (Nineteen forever)
You better believe it
You know my dream's still alive
You can love it or leave it
But I'm never gonna be thirty-five.
Sometimes I see so clear
Just like the way we always were
So young and free from fear.
And all the clouds just disappear
Only my mirror sees me crying
Each time I lose another year.
Settling down and having kids
and telling them what to do
Well I'm gonna stay . . . (Nineteen forever)
Yes, I am . . . (Nineteen forever)
Well, I'm gonna be . . . (Nineteen forever)
Yes, I will . . . (Nineteen forever)
Be what we want to be
We'll all be rock 'n' roll stars
Immortal on TV
I've just been sleeping thought the day
But I got something to keep me wired
So we can dance the night away
They're gonna sell out everything
But I won't get fooled again
Cause I'm gonna be . . . (Nineteen forever)
Yes, I will . . . (Nineteen forever)
No matter what you say . . . (Nineteen forever)
I'm gonna be . . . (Nineteen forever)
You know my dream's still alive
You can love it or leave it
But I'm never gonna be thirty-five.
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great song why no comments?
Great song about trying to stay young (and using some drugs on the side). And de fear of growing dull having kids and letting principles go etc.
I love this song. It haunts me, and I listen to it often.
I agree with some reviewer that it's "sardonic." He's cleverly mocking his youthful arrogance since he's become what he had previously mocked.
Why do I think so? Two lyric lines defy the apparent youthful bravado:
"And if you see me looking tired, I've just been sleeping through the day."
and
"Only my mirror sees my crying each time I lose another year."
These are like his actual thoughts leaking out amid all the childish denial of aging the rest of the song seems to convey.